Sleep Quality and Its Correlates among Adolescents of Western Nepal: A Population-Based Study

Table 1

Demographic and economic characteristics of respondents and their family ().

Characteristics	(%)
Age
≤17	275 (53.5)
>17	239 (46.5)
Age (years)
Gender
Male	270 (52.5)
Ethnicity
Brahmin/Chhetri	302 (58.8)
Religion
Hindu	461 (89.7)
Place of residence
Urban	401 (78.0)
Type of family
Nuclear	338 (65.8)
Family size
>5	321 (62.5)
Parent marital status
Married	471 (91.6)
Monthly income of family(in NRs)
≤25000	301 (58.6)
>25000	213 (41.4)
Educational status of father
≤Secondary	354 (68.9)
>Secondary	160 (31.1)
Education status of mother
≤Secondary	422 (82.1)
>Secondary	92 (17.9)
Occupational status of father
Agriculture	202 (39.3)
Business/job	275 (53.5)
Other^#	37 (7.2)
Occupational status of mother
Agriculture	291 (56.6)
Business/job	211 (41.1)
Other ^##	12 (2.3)
Drinking habit of father
Yes	195 (37.9)
Drinking habit of mother
Yes	25 (4.9)

^#Includes foreign employment and labour work, ^##includes housewife, labour work, and foreign job. Significant at <0.000, 0.01, and 0.05, respectively.